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Morant Bay, its chief town and capital, is the site of the Morant Bay Rebellion in 1865, of which Bogle was a leader. Representative George William Gordon , a wealthy mixed race businessman and politician from this district, was tried and executed in 1865 under martial law on suspicion of directing the rebellion.
Morant Bay is a town in southeastern Jamaica and the capital of the parish of St. Thomas, located about 40 kilometres east of Kingston, the capital. The parish has a population of 94,410. The parish has a population of 94,410.
Montego Bay 595: 8 Saint Ann: St. Ann's Bay: 1,213: 13 Saint Andrew: Half Way Tree: 453: 4 Trelawny: Falmouth 875: 9 Saint Catherine: Spanish Town: 1,192: 14 Saint Thomas: Morant Bay: 743: 5 Westmoreland: Savanna-la-Mar 807: 10 Saint Mary: Port Maria 611
Lyssons is named after Nicholas Lycence, who was the member for St. Thomas in the East in the Jamaican Assembly from 1671 to 1672. [1]The Lyssons Estate was a sugar plantation located in Lyssons which was owned by Simon Taylor, who was once the wealthiest sugar planter in the Colony of Jamaica and one of the wealthiest men in the British Empire in the eighteenth century.
Saint Thomas: 742.8 91,604 Morant Bay Jamaica: ... Most of the city is in the parish of St. Andrew. ... National Bank of Jamaica;
The Morant Bay Rebellion (11 October 1865) began with a protest march to the courthouse by hundreds of people led by preacher Paul Bogle in Morant Bay, Jamaica. Some were armed with sticks and stones. After seven men were shot and killed by the volunteer militia, the protesters attacked and burned the courthouse and nearby buildings.
The cays are located at and consist of four small islets grouped closely together along the south-eastern rim of Morant Bank, an extensive crescent-shaped bank of coral, over 7 km long, rising from a depth of 1,000 m. The area of Morant Bank is about 100 km 2. The aggregate land area of the four cays is only 16 hectares (40 acres).
The Jamaica National Heritage Trust is responsible for the promotion, preservation, and development of Jamaica's material cultural heritage (buildings, monuments, bridges, etc.). [1] The organisation maintains the list of National Heritage Sites in Jamaica. [4] It is chartered by The Jamaica National Heritage Trust Act, 1985. [5]